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O Donoghue wins RIBSA Senior 1 – Letterkenny

Brendan O Donoghue won the first RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event of the season ” The Barracks Classic” in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny County Donegal on Sunday the 13th of October. In the final Brendan beat John Sutton from Potters SC 4 frames to 2 in a great final. The turning point was in

DOYLE WINS SENIOR BILLIARDS EVENT 2

The second RIBSA Billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 13th October at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The format was 400up with 90 minute time limit as Wayne Doyle from Dun Laoighaire continues his perfect start to the season winning each match by well over a 100 points. His

Gleeson wins RIBSA U-16 Ranking Event 1

Noel Gleeson from Nenagh made the perfect start to the Under 16 Snooker season when he won the first RIBSA Under 16 Snooker Ranking of the season in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 6th of October. It was a fantastic day of junior snooker with all players trying to qualify for the Celtic Challenge, Home

McGuirk wins RIBSA U-14 Ranking Event 1

Ronan McGuirk won the first RIBSA Under 14 Snooker Ranking of the season in Newbridge CYMS on Saturday the 5th of October. It promises to be another exciting year with all the young players trying to qualify for the Celtic Challenge International Junior Team. Stars of the future Ronan McGuirk from R&R SC, David Farrelly

George O’Hara wins Intermediate Event 1

George O Hara from Fairview SC won the first RIBSA Snooker Intermediate ranking event of the season when he beat John Torpey from St Johns Limerick 3 frames to nil in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. The final referee was Conor Doyle. George O Hara and John Torpey had reached the final in Darcy

Fitzpatrick wins Challenge Event 1 – Darcy McGees

Ivor Fitzpatrick from Dublin won the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association first RIBSA Challenge Ranking Tournament of the Season on Sunday the 29th of September in the Darcy McGees Snooker Club in Dublin. In the final Ivor beat Liam Brady from Darcy McGees 3 frames to 1 which was referred by Shane Mason.

Sherwin wins RIBSA Ladies Event 1

Michelle Sherwin won the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association first RIBSA Ladies ranking event on Sunday the 29th of September in the Newbridge CYMS. After the round-robin phase Michelle Sherwin and Leah Brady finished in 1st and 2nd place to face each other in the final. Michelle won the first frame convincingly.  Leah settled

New Referee Natasha McAuley

The Republic of Billiards & Snooker Association would like to congratulate Natasha McAuley from Dublin who made her RIBSA National Refereeing debut yesterday. Natasha officiated at the RIBSA Intermediate Ranking Event 1 in the Darcy McGees SC in the Spawell Complex in Dublin on Saturday the 28th of September. The Referee Association had trained Natasha

Good Luck RIBSA Players 2019 IBSF WC – Turkey

Good Luck to the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association players who will compete in the 2019 IBSF World World Snooker championships from 29th October till the 09th November at Starlight Resort Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. Noel Landers, Daniel O Regan and Ross Bulman will compete in the Men’s Championship while Mark Tuite, John

Update – Rules of Snooker and Billiards

Dear Players, Officials, Many of you will be aware that the WPBSA has undertaken a review of the Official Rules of Snooker & English Billiards and I am writing to bring you up to date. This review was deemed necessary due to the globalisation of our sport and to bring the rules up to date